5.6.2

• Added support for enum types as vertex and instance attributes
• Implemented download / upload for PixImage as 3D slices
• Improved support for non-2D framebuffer outputs
• [GL] Create debug context when debug output is enabled
• [GL] Fixed issue with clearing textures with unsigned integer formats
• [Vulkan] Fixed regression with swapchain creation

5.6.1

• [GeometryPool] culling shader workaround (FShade write bug)
• [Vulkan] Fixed swapchain creation for Wayland
• [GLFW] Avoid printing error due to unsupported window icon

5.6.0

• https://github.com/aardvark-platform/aardvark.rendering/wiki/Aardvark-Rendering-5.6-changelog

5.6.0-prerelease0010

• Changed DrawCalls.Direct from list to array
• Reworked BufferView constructors
• Reworked TexureParams as enum and improved documentation
• Added size and format validation for PixTexture2d and PixTextureCube
• Added offset parameter for indirect buffers
• Added framebuffer clear extensions
• Added support for dynamic viewport and scissor
• Added discardOnResize parameter for AdaptiveBuffer
• Added support for color-based vertex attributes
• Added Aardvark.Rendering.ImGui
• [Raytracing] Reworked GeometryMode
• [Raytracing] Added comments and overloads for geometry-related types
• [Sg] Fixed automatic computation of FaceVertexCount
• [Sg] Added Sg.indirectDraw'
• [Vulkan] Fixed interleaved attributes
• [Vulkan] Improved detection of debug printf messages
• [Vulkan] Disabled render task recompilation message for DebugLevel.Normal
• [Vulkan] Fixed computation of shader file cache name
• [GL] Deleted old render task implementation
• [GL] Fixed handling of nested runtime commands
• [GL] Fixed AbstractRenderTask.HookRenderObject with render commands

5.6.0-prerelease0009

• [Vulkan] Fixed memory leaks related to cstr
• [Vulkan] Added micromap pipeline creation flag
• [Application.Utilities] Removed preventDisposal parameter in ISimpleRenderWindow.Run

5.6.0-prerelease0008

• [Vulkan] Fixed case names of enums with a version suffix
• [Vulkan] Added support for opacity micromaps
• [Vulkan] Improved detection of debug printf messages
• [Vulkan] Added AdaptiveBoundingBoxes.FromCenterAndRadius
• [Vulkan] Added unmanaged constraints for TraceObject methods

5.6.0-prerelease0007

• [Vulkan] Added check if color attachment supports blending
• [Vulkan] Added ValidationLayerConfig.RaytracingValidation
• [Vulkan] Added support for custom sampler border colors
• [Vulkan] Added support for acceleration structure compaction
• [Vulkan] Renamed RaytracingSceneDescription to RaytracingScene
• [Vulkan] Fixed compatibility check for acceleration structure updates

5.6.0-prerelease0006

• Added IRuntime.SupportsPositionFetch and SupportsInvocationReorder
• [Vulkan] Added support for VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder
• [Vulkan] Added support for VK_NV_ray_tracing_validation
• [GPGPU] Fixed FShade-related issue in Jpeg compressor

5.6.0-prerelease0005

• Updated FShade to 5.7.0-prerelease0003

5.6.0-prerelease0004

• Changed type of Handle property in resource interfaces to uint64
• Removed obsolete code
• Removed RenderTask.cache and RenderTask.postProcess
• Changed return type of IUniformProvider.TryGetUniform and IAttributeProvider.TryGetAttribute to ValueOption
• Changed return type of IGeometryPool.TryGetBufferView to ValueOption
• Replaced CreateTextureAttachment() with GetOutputView()
• Removed INativeBuffer Pin() and Unpin()
• Optimized constant path in IManagedBuffer.Add
• Added IBuffer.ToArray
• [ManagedPool] Reworked handling of attribute dictionaries (PooledGeometry is removed)
• [ManagedTracePool] Added uniform provider for storage buffers
• [Raytracing] Various optimizations and API adjustments
• [Raytracing] Added IndexType.Int16 and IndexType.Int32
• [GL] Removed Type.GLSize